Scholarship Fund Event News…
Scholarship Fund Event - June 10th
I just returned from Italy and wanted to share an update on the event we’re hosting in Bellagio, Italy on June 10th.
I am beyond excited (and a little nervous) for our “Night of Artists” that will display YOUR art in an ancient tower in Bellagio, so that… we can bless one women each year with an opportunity to join our Art & Faith Creative Retreats for FREE!
Friends, this event is more than I could have dreamt up on my own… this is a God-sized dream that all of YOU are helping to bring together, and I am in AWE of our God! What started out as women emailing me over the years to ask if I had a scholarship fund for our retreats, is Lord willing becoming a reality THIS year!
For those who are hearing about this for the first time… here’s a little explanation:
We are prayerfully stepping out in faith to create a Scholarship Fund to allow one women each year to come to our retreat in Bellagio, Italy for FREE. We know how life-changing these retreats are and we also know that not everyone can afford to come. So, we’d love to bless one woman each year with our Art & Faith Creative Retreat in Italy. There will be an application process and a Board of Directors who will oversee this process, and we’re praying that we’ll have this up and running by THIS September!
But we still need YOUR help!
Here’s what we’ll be sharing on social media and wherever else the Lord opens the doors to share… and we’d love for YOU to share this with friends and family as well:
Art & Faith Creative Scholarship Fund
"We are beyond excited to announce the launch of our new Art & Faith Creative Retreats Scholarship Fund, for our retreats in the beautiful setting of Bellagio, Italy—a place where art, faith and community connects in the most life-changing ways.
Our retreats are designed to be transformative, providing a unique opportunity for women to deepen their faith while nurturing their creativity in an inspiring environment. Through a combination of artistic workshops, morning devotions and community building, attendees leave with renewed purpose and a deeper connection to both their art and their faith.
Our retreats encourage women to gather and create, be refreshed in their faith, and connect their creativity to our Creator, all while forming deep, lasting connections. The bonds that are formed during these retreats leave women not only with a renewed sense of purpose but with new, lifelong friendships that provide ongoing support and encouragement long after the retreats end.
Our Board of Directors will oversee the application process and choose one woman each year to grant a full scholarship to attend the retreat, free of charge, including airfare, allowing her to step into this incredible experience without financial barriers.
Our hope is that this Scholarship Fund Event will provide the funds needed through the art donations and monetary giving that will allow the opportunity for one woman each year to unlock their creative potential, deepen their faith, and build relationships that will continue to inspire and uplift them for years to come—all within the stunning backdrop of Bellagio, Italy."
We’re also still looking for donations, so please share this with friends and family that you think would love to help make this a reality.
If you’d like to donate to the fund, you can donate via our website DONATE button or by sending art to my home in Colorado before I leave for Italy, so I can take it with me for this event. If you’d like more information on how to donate art, please email me and I’ll send you all the details.
Donate to our Scholarship Fund
I’d also like to ask for your continued prayers. As I was meeting with everyone in Bellagio I realized how much there’s to do still and how different Italy is when it comes to these kinds of events. There are rules and “traditions” I’m finding out, so we’re busy getting all those details organized to make this a beautiful event we can host year after year, in order to bless one lady each year to join our retreats and see the transformative power of our God in this beautiful setting.
If you’d like to see a video I posted showing where the event will take place, I just posted it on YouTube.
As a side note: I’m trying to organize a way to have the art donations online on my website, so everyone will be able to see (and purchase) the art that it so generously being donated. It’s all so beautiful and I think you might want something too! I’ll share more details on that soon…
I can’t thank you enough for your willingness to be a part of this God-sized dream. It’s going to be a huge blessing to everyone involved in this event to see all the hands that are coming together to make this happen, and especially to the women this scholarship fund will bless each year.
Hugs to all,
Laura McCollough